Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-29
HopKtNsvfttH CUISINE GLUE.
An Elegant Supper at Mr.. S. o.
Eeroer's.

A short time since number Of the
young ladies of this city organized a
cooking club with the following roll
Of members: Misses Flora Trice, Lee
Campbell, Fannie Fairleigh, Susie
Sites, Mary Bell Mercer, Eunice Fu-
! qua, Mai Fuqus, May Ware, Willie
Wallace, Lily Waller, Rosa Steinha-
gen, Lucy Edmunds, Matte Hick-
man, LIVE Thompson and Felie
Payne. The club elected Mrs. John
Green President and Miss Flora Trice
Secretary and Treasurer, and desig-
mated itself as The Hopkinsville CUT
sine Club. In the countless array Of
social clubs which exist everywhere
cooking club must be awarded pre-
eminence, for hunger and thirst are
widespread as humanity itself, ap-
petite is clamorous for It's rights, and,
quoth Owen Meredith,
"where is the man who can live without din
ingi"
or the woman either, he would have
added, for that matter, had the laws
of rhyme allowed.
Hopkinsville housewives are justly
famous for the excellence of their ia
bles and for dishes whose flavor and
SAVIOR would tempt a Trappist to quit
his crust and cold water for a hot
roll, broiled steak and cup of coffee
when the north wind, blowing snow
from Its frozen throat, goes roaring
over the fields like mad lion, at the
pace of fifty miles an hour. Verify
the man who scorns the culinary art
is monster Of ignorance
''The motions of his spirit are duh as night
And his affections dark as Erebus;
Let no such man be trusted"
In the tender and genial light
blazing with the splsndor of a loco
motive headlight, from scores of an
cient and hospitabls Hopkinsville
Kitchens, it must be said that these
young Cadets Of Hopkinsville house.
wifery assigned themselves no light
task when they resolved to give
series of Club suppers. Neverthe-
less they did. The Introductory en-
tertainment was given by the Club
last Friday evening at the residences
of Mr.. S. c. Mercer. The young la
dies took possession that day at their
own sweet wills, threw back the
folding doors, turned the rooms on
the first floor into one apartment, and
summoned their guests to assemble
there from eight until twelve
o'clock.
The following menu was served
Oysters raw and fried; chicken, sal
mon, lobster aud oyster salads boned |
turkey, roll sandwiches, cold ham,
breads, crackers, pickles, catsups,
mangoes, sliced lemon, celery, French |
coffee, Malaga grapes, Kelly Island
grapes, oranges, pears, bananas,
Tho table was decorated with a
large center-piece of tropical fruits
and ivy, flanked on either side with
exquisite flower-pieces, while the
side tables groaned, melodiously of
course, under their lavish weight of
substantial dishes. The whole con-
stituted highly attractive picture,
wrought by expert artists whose skill
in distributing "nesh" tints equalled
that of the old masters. AT half past
ten o'clock the Club left the parlor
and entered the dining-room with
the following guests:
Miss Lizzie McNeal, BowlingGreen
Miss Lucy Prince, Gallatin, Tenn.
Miss Staple Gatewood, Trenton;
Miss Lizzie Mercer, Capt. Jno. Green,
Luther Petree, V. II. Fuqua, Ed.
Boyd, r. Z. Cooper, W. d. Weeks,
Evansville; Bryan Hopper, Jewett
Henry, w. t. Cooper, w. 4. Tandy,
1. L. Smith, II. II. Alternately, H. j.
Sites, Livy Buckner, Prentiss Mer.
Ger, Sam q. Mercer, Jr.
A casual visitor might have doubt
ed the fact that among the charming
and elegantly dressed young ladies
of the Cuisine Club there are men,
bers who can prepare pot of coffee,
broil q quail or bake roll as skill
fully as they work piece of embroid-
cry or handle and artist's brush, on
emergencies when riot rules the kitch-
on and the cook is on her ear. Sure
ly in such an unpleasantness which
tries womRn's soul, the knowledge of
the art of cookery is a treasure. 1t
is the family life-boat which bears
the household over tho rough seas Of
the holidays, or 'stracted meetin,'
which like the Bowery dance roars
"all night till the broad daylight"
tits a knowledge which helps to main
tain family independence and COM
fort and bring the insubordinate
cooks to q sense of duty. Even
when storms are gone and haley on
days brood over the sea, it is best for |
the pilot to know the art Of naviga-
ton. knowledge is power.
After supper the guests returned
to the parlor, and the hours were
pleasantly spent in conversation,
with vocal and instrumental music |
by Misses Edmunds, Fairleigh, Wal
Ter and Mercer until after midnight.
The Cuisine Club scored SPLEEN
did success in its Introductory en-
tertainment which won unlimited
praise from the grateful guests.
Where there is nothing the King
has lost his right. When you have
lost your scalp, you are considered by